Hacked Again? Share Your Horrific Web Hosting Nightmare Stories (And How You Recovered)

[julbasi]

Hey fellow forum members, I'm still trying to process the aftermath of my website getting hacked last week. Someone managed to exploit a vulnerability in my CMS and wiped out my entire database, including months worth of customer data. I spent hours trying to restore backups, but they were corrupted...

 

[GEORGI362]

Ugh, been there done that. My old webhost got hacked last year and my site got malware injected. Rebuilding from scratch was a nightmare, but migrating to a VPS and setting up a fresh site on a more secure CMS like Ghost saved me in the long run.

 

[ManowarVIP]

Ugh, I can relate - my friend's business got hit by a DDOS attack on their shared hosting plan last year. Had to scramble to transfer everything to a VPS and switch providers, but they managed to recover all their files. Long story short, it was a major headache.

 

[ybatsh]

Ugh, I feel you guys. Had my hosting account breached last year and almost lost thousands of dollars' worth of crypto. Thankfully, I had 2FA and a good backup system in place, but it was still a major headache.

 

[Артурчик]

Oof, I feel you guys. I had a similar experience with my old shared hosting account. They got breached and I lost a bunch of sensitive data, including some client info – thankfully a backup saved me from a total meltdown

 

[napalm-on]

Yikes, I had a similar experience with Site5 back in 2018. They got hacked through a WordPress plugin vulnerability and our entire database got nuked. Took me weeks to get everything back up and running, but we learned a hard lesson about keeping software up to date

 

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